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電子線 (でんしせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

電でん子し線せん

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Meanings

1

Technical term in physics. Synonymous with 電子ビーム (denshi bīmu).

See also: 電子ビーム

電でん子し線せんを試し料りょうに照しょう射

Kanji

電electricity
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
線line, track

Related words

電でん子しビーム
Synonym; 電子ビーム is a more direct loanword and often used in engineering contexts, while 電子線 is a native Japanese compound common in physics.

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The sample is analyzed by irradiating it with an electron beam.

電でん子し線せん回かい折せつパターンから結けっ晶しょう構こう造ぞうがわかる。

The crystal structure can be determined from the electron beam diffraction pattern.

電でん子し+線せん

Etymology

Compound of 電子 (denshi, 'electron') and 線 (sen, 'line' or 'ray'), literally 'electron ray'.